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So, to install a proper chain stopper if you don't have one, the
windlass would need to be removed, and repositioned allowing for the stopper ? Do you use the chain hook for the second anchor or what ? Appreciatively, Courtney Wayne.B wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:15:55 -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote: Wouldn't a fixed stopper be better in that... [it conceptually seems to me]... the chain could "fall out" of the grabber [I realize it's under tension] in that it has no restraining "lock", as do the fixed ones [in effect] ? ========================================== What we are talking about here is a "chain hook" not a "chain stopper". I have both on my trawler. THe chain stopper came as standard equipment and is deck mounted just forward of the windlass. It is of heavy duty bronze construction, with a pivoting pawl which flips down and grabs a chain link. I believe it may have been made by Galley Maid in FL but I'm not sure. Their phone number is 561-848-8696. Ask for Jimmy, he is alledged to know everything. The chain hooks were purchased at W-M. Mine are shackled to 3/4 inch nylon line via an eye splice and thimble. The slot in the hook is barely larger than a 3/8 chain link and tends to grab on fairly snuggly. I've never had one shake loose accidently and it would be virtually impossible unless the hook line were totally slack. -- s/v Mutiny Rhodes Bounty II lying Oriental, NC WDB5619 |
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